BETTY AND DUPREE

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Song Title
BETTY AND DUPREE
Writers
Gibson, Camp
Publisher
MELODY TRAILS, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Baby, Buy, Diamonds, Gun, Hanging, Kill, Marriage, Prison, Robbery, suffering, Sun, Tomorrow
Lyrics
Betty told Dupree, “Buy me a diamond ring”.
Betty told Dupree, “Buy me a diamond ring”.
Dupree told Betty, “Baby, buy you most anything”.
He said, “Lie down, Betty, see what tomorrow brings,
Lie down, Betty, see what tomorrow brings.
May bring the sun, and it may bring your diamond ring”.

Well then, Dupree took a pistol, Lord,
Robbed him a jew’ly store;
Yeah, old Dupree took a pistol,
Robbed him a jew’lry store;
To get away he had to kill him two police and would five more.

Additional Verses

Well then the judge told Dupree
“Bady, gonna hang by our neck
Until you’re dead in the morning”.
Well then the judge told Dupree,
“Hang by your neck, in the evening”.
Well then Miss Betty came to prison, Lord,
These are the words that she said;
To old Dupree she said:

“I came to see you but they wouldn’t let me see your face,
Oh, oh, no”. She said,
“I came to see you, wouldn’t let me see your face,
Oh, oh, no”. She said,
“I love my Dupree, but I just can’t take his place”.
Still hear Dupree saying:

“Lie down, Betty,
See what tomorrow brings, in the morning”.
Saying, “Lie down, Betty,
See what tomorrow brings in the evening,
Well now, it may bring the sun
And it may bring your diamond ring”.

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